MOBILE, Alabama -- Standing just a block away from a recent downtown shooting, and flanked by his police chief, Mobile Mayor Sam Jones this morning announced a battery of initiatives that he said will help address the city's crime problems.

Jones' proposed ordinances would:

Outlaw sagging pants.

Create a city-wide curfew for teens.

Beef up the city's scrap metal ordinances to make it harder for thieves to sell stolen copper and other metal.

All of the measures are subject to City Council approval. The council will likely take them up in a meeting of its Public Safety Committee prior to debate by the full council.

Jones said that residents will undoubtedly have questions about the proposals. The city plans to hold community meetings to discuss them at 6:30 p.m. July 26 at Government Plaza and 6:30 p.m. Aug. 2 at the Mobile Regional Senior Community Center.

With two-dozen officers, officers in training and horse-mounted units setting the scene, Jones' news conference, was a show of force, likely in response to a recent spate of shootings and other high-profile crimes downtown that have riled business owners and residents alike.

A young man was shot in the back Sunday after a confrontation in the heart of the entertainment district, and a bullet grazed the face of a young man after a brawl in the small hours of the morning earlier this month, according to police reports.

Two women were kidnapped and raped after a June concert.

Chief of Police Micheal T. Williams, delivering an impassioned speech, said that such crimes will not be accepted.

In coming days, the city center will be saturated with police officers, he said, including patrols on foot, on horseback and on Segway, a two-wheel, personal transportation device.